Egg and Dried Egg Product

Egg and Dried Egg Product appears on the labels of 112 of the 244 recipes we have read and scored (46 percent of the database), in label forms including Dried Egg Product, Egg Product, Egg Whites, DRIED EGG WHITES, eggs, dried egg product and 4 more label forms.

What it is

Egg, usually spray dried whole egg. Egg protein has the most complete amino acid profile of any common panel ingredient and is highly digestible.

Why makers use it

Makers use it to lift protein quality, not just quantity, and to bind kibble.

What to watch for

Egg is also a protein in its own right: in an elimination trial it counts, and an egg sensitive dog must avoid panels that carry it.

Highest scoring recipes that carry it

The full database, filterable by brand, format, life stage and grains, is the reviews index; the food finder answers it by the proteins a dog must avoid.

Often on the same panels

Vitamin Supplements (the Vitamin Pack), Salt, Choline Chloride, Selenium Yeast and Sodium Selenite. The full dictionary is the ingredient index.